| Toranoana Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Kabushiki kaisha |
| Founded | July 22, 1996 |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served | Japan |
| Products | Books, magazines |
| Revenue | JPN 20,000,000 |
| Website | Official Site |
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About the Company
The name, "Toranoana" comes from the name of the professional wrestling company in the anime series, Tiger Mask, of the same name. Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff began as a Japanese Manga in 1968 and was later adapted into a successful anime series in 1969
In 1996, the company was established as a yugen kaisha. A yūgen kaisha or yūgen gaisha (Jp 有限会社 lit "limited company" abbreviated in English as Y Soon the company expanded, with Akihabara as a center of this expansion, to many places in Tokyo and other large cities. Then in 2003, the company was converted into a kabushiki kaisha.
List of Stores
Toranoana Akihabara
Currently there are 15 stores in Japan, 3 of which closed few years ago.
- Sapporo store (Hokkaidō)
- Sendai store (Miyagi)
- Akihabara main store (Tokyo)
- Akihabara store #2 (Tokyo)
- Ikebukuro store (Tokyo)
- Shinjuku store (Tokyo)
- Machida store (Tokyo)
- Yokohama store (Kanagawa)
- Nagoya store (Aichi)
- Umeda store (Osaka)
- Namba store #1 (Osaka)
- Namba store #2 (Osaka)
- Sannomiya store (Hyogo)
- Hiroshima store (Hiroshima)
- Fukuoka store (Fukuoka)
Extra information
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External links
- Official Homepage (Japanese)